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ANKARA, April 18 (Xinhua) — After a tight win in referendum, Turkey’s “yes” camp has not received strong support for radical governance system change and narrowed difference on polls will not allow Erdogan move freely in subsequent political steps. Unofficial results showed a narrow 51.4 percent lead in the referendum for constitutional amendments that will […]
Read MorePARIS, April 18 (Xinhua) — Two men were arrested on Tuesday in Marseille on suspicions of preparing an “imminent, certain” attack on French soil, “in the coming days,” French Interior Minister Matthias Fekl said. French police held earlier on Tuesday morning two individuals “on suspicion of planning violent act on the eve of presidential election,” […]
Read MoreSEOUL, April 18 (Xinhua) — Over half of South Koreans demanded next president’s decision on the deployment of the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system in their soil, a poll showed Tuesday. According to the survey, 56.5 percent of respondents said the deployment process should be suspended and that the final […]
Read MoreMANILA, April 18 (Xinhua) — At least 24 people were killed and many injured after a passenger bus plunged into a deep ravine in northern Philippines on Tuesday, police and local media reports said. Police said the bus, carrying more than 50 passengers, crashed around 11 a.m. local time in Capintalan village in Carranglan town […]
Read MoreDHAKA, April 18 (NsNewsWire) — Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will embark on a three-day visit to Bhutan on Tuesday, during which six deals in different areas are expected to be signed, reports Xinhua. At a press briefing here on Monday, Bangladeshi Foreign Minister A.H. Mahmood Ali said Hasina’s visit at the invitation of her […]
Read MoreBEIJING, April 18 (NsNewsWire) — China has begun a series of changes to the rules regarding permanent residence for foreigners, according to a plan issued by the Ministry of Public Security (MPS), reports Xinhua. The “foreigner’s permanent residence card” will be renamed as the “foreigner’s permanent residence identity card.” Similar to the identity cards used […]
Read MoreBAGHDAD, April 17 (Xinhua) — A United Nations’ aid agency on Monday said that nearly half a million people have been displaced in six months of an offensive to dislodge the Islamic State (IS) militants from their last major stronghold in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul. Hundreds of thousands more may flee their homes in […]
Read MoreMOSCOW, April 17 (Xinhua) — Russia hopes the United States will not use force unilaterally against the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday. Earlier in the day, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said in South Korea that “the era of strategic patience is over” with the DPRK. “If […]
Read MoreMOSCOW, April 17 (Xinhua) — A suspected organizer of a recent St. Petersburg metro blast was detained on Monday in the Moscow Region, Russia‘s Federal Security Service said in a statement. Azimov Abror Akhralovich, a Central Asian native born in 1990, has been caught in the Odintsovo District of the Moscow Region, said the statement. […]
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